Does the setting of MAX_RCPTS_PER_MESSAGE control the 'receipt' of
messages, or the 'sending' of messages? Where does a RCPT command
(referred to below) come from? Does "discourage use of the server for
spamming" mean "discourge spammers from sending to this server" or
"discourage use of this server as sender of spam"? I don't use this
setting, yet I had 'too many recipients' messages from yahoo [130 emails]
(and not aol [435 emails]) last month (our list has 4K email addresses).
Frank
At 06:42 PM 03/03/02 -0800, Ed Kasky wrote:
> From http://www.sendmail.org/m4/tweakingoptions.html
>confMAX_RCPTS_PER_MESSAGE MaxRecipientsPerMessage [infinite]
>If set, allow no more than the specified number of recipients in an SMTP
>envelope. Further recipients receive a 452 error code (i.e., they are
>deferred for the next delivery attempt).
>
>Also see http://www.sendmail.org/~ca/email/doc8.9/op-sh-5.html
>for additional information on this setting
>
> From release notes 8.9.0:
>
>"Add the MaxRecipientsPerMessage option: this limits the number of
>recipients that will be accepted in a single SMTP transaction. After
>this number is reached, sendmail starts returning "452 Too many
>recipients" to all RCPT commands. This can be used to limit the
>number of recipients per envelope (in particular, to discourage
>use of the server for spamming). Note: a better approach is to
>restrict relaying entirely. "
>
>(By default, Sendmail put the limit about the number of recipients
>that a mail can have to 100. A good value for start testing it is 30.)
>
>And finally, read the INSTALL file very carefully before you attempt to
>upgrade and you should do fine.
>
>Ed
>
>At 08:02 PM Sunday, 3/3/2002, Dr. Tim wrote -=>
>
>>I have run into real problems with a0l lately.
>>they recieve our mailings just find and the sendmail log says
>>that they HAVE been indeed received by aol. But aol then
>>doesn't deliver the mail to the 100 people in the envelop addressing!
>>
>>My list people are screaming and aol says nothing to them all get
>>canned responses.
>>
>>You have discussed before the use of set r=10 etc.. r=30
>>in the mailer definitions but
>>a.) I can't find that anywhere.
>>and
>>b.) the MaxREcipientsPerMessage is for my sendmail to receive
>>from people so I
>>can not find how to limit my emailing out with 8.11.1 and
>>sendmail.org faq has no answers as well all my searches.
>>
>>
>>If you know how to configure sendmail 8,11.1 I would appreciate the help
>>
>>YES I KNOW 8.12 is the way to go but my last upgrade cost me
>>12hours work and this company will go nuts if I take down their
>>email for a full day.
>>
>>Or if you know a great tutorial at upgrading from 8.11.1 to 8.12
>>so I don't shoot myself in the foot I would love to hear about it!
>>
>>TIm
>
>Ed Kasky
>Los Angeles, CA
>. . . . . . . .
>Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.
>
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